Take Note

I added Evernote to my toolkit of resources about 3 years ago. It has so much potential. I'd like to share one of my favourite ways to use this powerful app as an assessment tool. It's simple. Upload a rubric and make a copy for each student. As they are presenting, or working or have handed something in, use a highlighter marker to indicate their achievement. Once complete you can then annotate or narrate additional comments. I can also easily add a photo of their work and/or have the student comment on their progress. This can be done on any device that has internet.

In the above screenshot, the audio file is below the picture of the 'student' (aka my son)  The rubric is above and I have added a title. There are other tools such as arrows, shapes and icon tags.  I could also share this file with anyone else who has an Evernote account.  They could view or edit it as well.  Evernote has a very practical filing and tagging system as well.  A portfolio of work can be created by student, by subject or by task.
I confess, I did move away from this tool for a while once Google Apps for Education came along to our Board.  However, I do love the audio attachment capabilities and have again started using it for some formative assessments in the classroom.